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Hemp Legislation Pending in Frankfort

By Brad Bowman, The Kentucky Standard

Two legislative bills that would legalize industrial hemp could offer a transition crop for farmers in Nelson County. Central Kentucky was the largest producer of hemp during World War II for rope production, but state officials say it isn’t legislation but law enforcement that will decide hemp’s future in the state or Nelson County. Industrial hemp is a non-psychoactive variety of the Cannabis sativa plant. Given its low THC content, it would not be attractive as a recreational drug like marijuana, but the stigma has helped stop its legalization.